6 Personnel expenses

in CHF thousands

2016

2015

+/– %

*	Contains the variable compensation of the management which is disclosed in detail in the compensation report as well as aggregated in note 41.
**	See note 40 for details.

Salaries *

–116'849

–102'419

14.1

Pension and other post-employment benefit plans **

–7'436

–7'662

–3.0

Other social contributions

–11'238

–10'034

12.0

Training costs

–1'570

–1'195

31.3

Other personnel expenses

–3'743

–2'472

51.4

Total personnel expenses

–140'835

–123'782

13.8

The average headcount of LLB Group employees, adjusted to consider part-time staff, amounted to 844 in 2016 and 816 in 2015.